BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 233 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING UPGRADED TO BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM MST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
* GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY FRIDAY...PRODUCING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
* WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...
AND STRONG WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. STAY INDOORS
AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNTIL THE STORM IS OVER.
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